Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 565 A burst of analysis is as fierce as a tiger (2)

A few minutes later, Albert appeared near the hunting lodge. Hagrid, who was pouring the food from the pot into Fang's bowl, heard the approaching footsteps, looked up in the direction of the sound, and followed with a smile. Albert greeted him and invited him into the house for tea.

   "Hagrid, do you know what happened in the castle last night?" Albert asked straight to the point.

   "What's the matter?" Hagrid picked up the big teapot, poured a cup of amber tea for Albert, and brought a large plate of rock cakes he baked in front of Albert.

   "Filch's cat was petrified?" Albert looked up and carefully observed the change of expression on Hagrid's face.

   "Who did it?" asked Hagrid, raising an eyebrow.

  "Slytherin's heir." Albert put down his teacup, stared at Hagrid and said, "That guy is still on the wall: the chamber of secrets has been opened. Those who are enemies of the heir, be vigilant."

  Hagrid was stunned when he heard the words, and the expression on his face became a bit complicated, as if he was recalling some unpleasant past events.

"Hagrid, how much do you know about the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets?" Albert took a sip from his teacup, stared at Hagrid with sharp eyes, and reminded: "Don't deny it, your expression tells me, You know about it."

  Hagrid was silent, picked up a rock cake absently, threw it into his mouth and began to chew, as if he didn't want to talk about it.

"The heir of Slytherin will release the monsters in the Chamber of Secrets to attack the Muggle wizards in the school." Seeing that Hagrid was unwilling to speak, Albert said to himself, "Filch's cat was only killed by Slytherin's cat." The sacrifice the heir took to announce his return. Other Muggle wizards will surely be attacked next, and I may well be next."

  Actually, Albert didn’t lie, because last night, he found that there were two extra panel tasks with rich rewards on his task panel:

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  The heir of Slytherin has regarded you as the target of the attack, and the attack from the monster in the chamber of secrets will threaten your life. You escaped in a deadly attack.

   Reward: 10000 experience, 2 skill points.

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The heir of Slytherin doesn't seem to intend to let you go, so let the other party understand that targeting you is the stupidest decision he has ever made in his life, use any method to find out the heir of Slytherin, let him fight for his own Stupidity pays a price.

  Reward: 10000 experience, get a specified skill.

  A specified skill.

   This is the most valuable task reward that Albert has encountered. He has always wanted to collect the special contribution award just for this task reward.

  This means that he can directly master the manufacture of the Philosopher's Stone through this reward, or skip the tedious process to master the Animagus... There is a very large room for manipulation.

   "We must find out that damned heir of Slytherin as soon as possible to end this farce." Albert said righteously, as if his whole body was shrouded in a layer of holy light.

"Well, the Chamber of Secrets was opened about fifty years ago. At that time, Hogwarts was attacked many times and the school was almost closed." Hagrid said hoarsely: "At that time, the professors completely Searched the entire castle, but still haven't found the so-called Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."

   "Hagrid, how old are you?" Albert asked suddenly.

   "Sixty-four, what's the matter?" Hagrid didn't understand that Albert suddenly asked his age.

   "I remember you seem to have been expelled from school, right?" Albert narrowed his eyes and continued to ask.

  The expression on Hagrid's face became ugly, obviously realizing why Albert asked his age.

"It wasn't me, I really didn't do it, and it wasn't Aragog, it didn't kill people, Aragog didn't kill people." Hagrid was a little emotional, and his tone was raised a bit, "At that time, they said that Aragog Ke is the so-called monster in the back room, and even fired me for it."

   "Of course I know it's not you." Albert slowed down his tone, trying to appease Hagrid's excitement, "Acromantula can't petrify Filch's cat."

   "But, you don't know, none of them wanted to believe it at that time, only Dumbledore believed that I was innocent." Hagrid's eyes were a little red, as if he had been greatly wronged.

"Tell me what you know!" Albert calmed Hagrid, while using words to induce him to tell you what happened to you, "Don't reject Hagrid, if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, you You'll get into trouble yourself."

  Hagrid was a little confused, apparently not understanding why Albert said he would be in trouble.

"The cat is just an omen. The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is still roaming the castle and will definitely continue to attack the Muggle wizards in the castle." Albert looked into Hagrid's eyes and reminded: "If people find If it’s not the murderer, who do you think they will suspect first.”

   "But, Dumbledore..."

"I know Dumbledore won't suspect you, but it's useless." Albert pointed out coldly, "If the attack continues, the Ministry of Magic will find a scapegoat, and you will definitely be suspected, and even killed." Throw it in Azkaban, and then the Ministry will be able to tell the others that they've got the killer."

  After hearing Albert's words, Hagrid was stunned.

   "Don't doubt my words, Hagrid, politics is such a dirty thing, even though they know it won't help, you will definitely have bad luck with them."

   "How could they do that," he murmured.

"Of course they can do this, otherwise you wouldn't have been fired that year." Albert sneered, "Although I don't know what happened that year, it's probably not difficult to guess. When you, you must be You kept the acromantula in the castle, but someone found it, and you let it go, right!"

   "But why do you..."

"Will you be so concerned about this matter?" Albert finished speaking for Hagrid, "Don't forget Hagrid, I am a Muggle wizard, and I have a great reputation in school. For the heir of Slytherin, I am the guy he hates the most. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a thorn in the side. This is doomed from the beginning. Honestly, if I were him, the first person to attack would Of course he was looking for me, the guy he hated. At the very least, I'm sure to be at the top of the Heir of Slytherin's 'purification list'. "

   "For my safety, I must act first." Albert said confidently. He will be so concerned that he even violates his original low-key principle, not just for the mission and experience, but because he can't escape from the beginning, and sometimes he will be troubled if he is too famous.

   Therefore, Albert intends to trigger panel tasks as much as possible, get more tasks and rewards, and then use Dumbledore's hand to completely clean up Tom Riddle's diary.

  Assigned skills, he will never give up.

  For Albert, over 10,000 experience points or one or two skill points are not as important as designated skills.

"Okay." Hagrid hesitated for a moment, and began to talk about the past, "It was probably when I was in the third grade. Well, it was fifty years ago, and at about this point in time, Hogwarts had many bad incidents. At that time, everyone was rumored that the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets had been reopened. Later, when someone died, someone exposed me and said that I was a murderer, so I was regarded as a murderer by everyone and was expelled from school."

   "Who exposed you as the murderer?" Albert asked

   "It seems to be called Tom." Hagrid finally said with certainty, "Tom Riddle, that's the guy."

"So that's why Tom Riddle was awarded the Special Contribution Award probably because of this incident." Albert nodded, noticed Hagrid's puzzled gaze, and explained casually: "I'm in the prize showroom on the fourth floor I've seen that name before."

   "Oh." Probably because of the mention of this name, Hagrid's mood worsened.

   "What kind of person is Tom Riddle," Albert asked suddenly, "Is he a student of Slytherin College?"

   "How do you know." Hagrid was a little curious about how Albert knew.

   "Are there any other clues?" Albert continued to ask: "Do you know any monsters that can petrify cats."

"I don't know," Hagrid shook his head. "However, Aragog may know, it seems to be very afraid of the monsters in the castle, and even begged me to let it leave the castle more than once. At that time, I also asked Aragog a lot times, but it never told me what the Slytherin monsters were."

   "Well, the scope has narrowed down a lot. There are not many creatures that can scare the acromantula."

   "Do you know what the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is?" Hagrid couldn't help asking.

"I don't know, but it's not difficult to find out. I just need to find out what natural enemies the acromantula has, and I can probably guess what the monster in the secret room is." Hagrid explained.

"you are great."

   Hagrid stared at Albert dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to hold back such a sentence.

   "Are there any other clues?" Albert asked after thinking for a while, "At that time, who died?".

   "I don't remember," Hagrid tried to remember, then shook his head and said, "It seems to be a Ravenclaw Muggle girl."

   "Where did she die?" Albert continued to ask.

   "The good thing's in a bathroom," said Hagrid. "What did you find?"

"If it is the natural enemy of the giant spider, it means that the monster is very big, otherwise, how can it become the natural enemy of those big spiders?" Albert pushed the gold-rimmed eye sockets and analyzed: "Such a monster, it is impossible Brazenly wandering the corridors."

   "You make sense." Hagrid nodded, thinking that Albert was very powerful. If the Hogwarts professors at that time had a bit of Albert's ability, perhaps he would not have been unjustly expelled.

"Hagrid, I'm going back first." Albert finished his cup of tea and walked to the door, then turned to Hagrid and said, "If anyone asks you about this, don't tell them, especially Harry. Potter, their mouths are very fragile. Well, if you want to say, you can go to Dumbledore and tell him what we talked about today. Although it may not be effective, the headmaster will definitely think carefully, I think It should not be difficult for him to guess what the monster in the secret room is, I have to go to the library first."

   "You're going to catch him, aren't you!"

   "Of course, I will find that damned heir of Slytherin, and by the way help you wash away your wrongs and restore your reputation." Albert nodded and said.

   As he leaves Hagrid's hut, the quest panel is triggered again.

   "It's almost there." Albert murmured looking at the new task. "However, I really have to be careful this time. After I succeed, I don't know how much oil and water I can squeeze out of that diary."

  (end of this chapter)